<p>Anyone want to translate <a href="http://www.wellesley.edu/DeanStudent/gradingfaq.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.wellesley.edu/DeanStudent/gradingfaq.html</a> for me?</p>
<p>I can't tell if it says that Wellesley has a grade inflation habit that it stopped now?</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, it means that Wellesley is now deflating their grades, or limiting the number of high grades. As for whether or not Wellesley really had a grade inflation habit, you'd have to do some research.</p>
<p>This says that it has had a habit in "Although grade inflation is an issue everywhere, the problems of inflation and compression appear to be greater at Wellesley than at most other institutions."</p>
<p>It says that they are starting to reduce the inflation for various reasons listed, meaning the average gpa of 100 and 200 level courses with 10 or more people "should be no more than a B+ (3.33)" All B+'s can be given, but each high grade must be balanced with low grade(s). It balances things out, I guess.</p>
<p>a B+ is a pretty high class average.</p>
<p>Yeah, and Princetons limiting "A's" to one third of each class isn't THAT big a deal, is it? The max A's will probably be fulfilled, but mostly B's will be given out, a C or D for those who didn't try (C for the good test takers, D for the poor ones).</p>